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hill neere adioyning. But being perswaded and taught by LlB - VIIt 

 their divoll, they accepted willingly what was offered, and 

 by their divelish art tamed these beastes, so as they did 

 them no linrmc ; yea, they vsed them as meat, eating them 

 with delight and appetite. The which the Lord of Cul- 

 huacan seeing, and that they had tilled and sowed the laud, 

 he resolved to receive them into the Cittio, and to contract 

 amity with them. But the god whom the Mexicaines did 

 worship (as he is accustomed to do no good, but ill) said 

 vnto his priests, that this was not the place where he would 

 have them stay, and that they must go forth making warres. 

 Therefore they must seeke forth a woman, and name her 

 the goddesso of Discord. Wherevpon they resolved to send 

 to the King of Culhuacan, to demand his daughter to bo 

 Queeno of tho Mcxicaines, and mother to their god, who 

 received this Ambassage willingly, sending his daughter 

 presently gorgeously attyred and well accompanied. Tho 

 same night she arrived, by order of the murtherer whome 

 they worshipped, they killed her cruelly, and having flaed 

 her artificially as they could do, they did clothe a yong man 

 with her skinne, and therevpon her apparrell, placing him 

 neere their idoll, dedicating him for a goddesso and the 

 mother of their god, and ever after did worship it, making 

 an idoll which they called Tocci, which is to say our grand 

 mother. Not content with this crueltie, they did maliciously 

 invite the King of Culhuacan, the father of the yong maid, 

 to come and worshippo his daughter, who was now con 

 secrated a goddesse, who comming with great presents, and 

 well accompanied with his people, he was led into a very clarko 

 chappell where their idoll was, that he might offer sacrifice 

 to his daughter that was in that place. But it chanced that 

 the incense that was vpon the harth, according to their cus- 

 tome, kindled in such sort, as hee might discerne his daugh 

 ter s haire, and having by this meanes discovered the 

 cruelty and deceit, lice went forth crying alowde, and with 



